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lawfully absented themselves from home, or have illegally emi-
grated from another State, or are in any manner violating the
law.

62. They shall, as soon as convenient, take every person whom
they may apprehend before some justice of the peace of the
county for examination, and if, upon full investigation, the jus-
tice shall be of opinion that such person has run away from the
service of his master, or has illegally emigrated to this State, or
has in any manner violated the law, he shall commit him to the
county jail, to be dealt with according to law.

63. If they shall have reason to suspect that any runaway
negro or slave is concealed or harbored in any dwelling or out-
house of any negro within their search, they shall demand to be
admitted into the same for the purpose of search, and if the
owner or occupant shall refuse to suffer such entry and search,
they may use all necessary force to effect the same, and, in any
action of trespass or other suit brought by any owner or occu-
pant for any entry made in virtue of this section, the defendant
may plead the general issue and give the special matter in
evidence.

64. If any person named in such requisition or patrol, on being
duly notified and summoned by the justice of the peace, or by
their authority, shall neglect or refuse to obey such summona, he
shall bo subject to a fine not exceeding five dollars nor less than
fifty cents, to be recovered as small debts are, by summons in the
name of the State, and to be applied to the use of the commis-
sioners of the school fund of the county.

65. No free negro or slave shall have or use any row-boat, or
other boat, on the Potomac River, or the shore thereof, in Charles
county, without, if a free negro, having obtained a license from a
justice of the peace for said county, or if a slave, the special
written permit of his master.

66. Any free negro who shall have or use a boat on the shores
of the Potomac River, in Charles county, without a license as
provided in the preceding section, shall upon conviction before a
justice of the peace for said county be fined not less than five
nor more than fifty dollars and costs, and the boat shall be con-
demned and sold by order of the justice, and the fine and proceeds
of sale paid to the county commissioners of said county.